Table 1

Summary of injury-specific cohort studies included in research*

Study and month/yearSettingInclusion criteriaParticipants base and agePostinjury follow-up time points, mode of interviewInjury diagnosis coding
VSTR
March/2009 to March/2017		AustraliaIn hospital death, ISS >12, ICU admission or urgent surgery, met burns criteria 20%–29% full/partial thickness.n=966
<16 years		6, 12 and 24 months.
Telephone		ICD-10-AM
CHAI
March/2007 to September/2008		USAPresentation to ED or hospital admission for either a TBI or an upper extremity injury.n=924
<18 years		Baseline, 3, 12 and 24 months.
Online, telephone and postal.		ICD-9 mapped to ICD-10
UKBOI
September/2005 to April/2007		UKPresentation to ED or hospital admission
5+years		n=181
5–17 years		1, 6 and 12 months.
Postal		ICD-10
BCCH-LIO
February/2011 to December/2013		CanadaPresentation to ED or hospital admission
0–16 years		N=365
<18 years		Baseline, 1, 4 and 12 months.
Postal		ICD-10

  • *Participant base were those patients with at least one HRQoL score.

  • BCCH-LIO, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Longitudinal Injury Outcomes study; CHAI, Children’s Health After Injury; ED, Emergency Department; HRQoL, health-related quality of life; ICD, International Classification of Disease; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; ISS, Injury Severity Score; TBI, traumatic brain injury; UKBOI, UK Burden of Injury Study; VSTR, Victorian State Trauma Registry.